[Lnc-business] Parliamentary question - How many cosponsors are needed for an email motion?

[Starchild]

	On August 4, I made reference to the rule (from the Bylaws, Article 8, Section 10) about 1/5th of the LNC needing to co-sponsor a motion proposed by email in order for it to be voted on, and noted that my reading was that this means six of us. To my knowledge, no one contradicted or corrected that statement:

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've proposed a number of motions I believe were practical and productive, but generally at our in-person meetings since the threshold to get anything voted on in a mail vote is much higher (at the meetings it only takes one person seconding; here it takes at least 1/5th of the committee, which I read to be six of us). I think reducing that threshold in the bylaws would be a good idea, and could enable us to get more actual stuff accomplished between meetings.

	Was what I wrote incorrect but no one caught it, and is it in fact the case that an email motion not coming from the chair actually needs only four co-sponsors? I note that this is the number with which the secretary published the recent motion concerning buying a building. As I wrote above, I believe a lower threshold is preferable, but the most important thing is for everyone to understand what the number is, and for the rules to be consistently applied. If LNC alternates are not counted when determining the number of co-sponsors an email motion needs, then I presume they would not be counted toward other thresholds either, such as quorum, super-majorities, etc. (unless of course they are sitting in for their regional reps)? 

	What are people's understandings on this?

Love & Liberty,
                                  ((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee

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